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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Helping Women Get Online (HWGO) Website and Video Channel

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Helping Women Get Online (HWGO) is a website, YouTube video channel, and training project (see Related Summaries below) aimed to increase knowledge and access of Indian women to information and communication technology (ICT) usage through the internet and a telephone hotline.

The website includes a step-by-step guide, covering, for example: how to use a computer, how to use the internet, how to find useful information online, and how to send an email.

The aims are to:

  • create awareness about the benefits of internet for women;
  • educate women to use the Internet to improve their lives and encourage women in the country to use the online medium more effectively; and
  • work with partners to enable easy internet access points for women in the country.


Contents include:

  • Mobile internet
  • Computer basics
  • Internet skills
  • Chat & email
  • Videos online
  • Finding information in your language


Topics include: childcare tips, cooking and recipes, financial tips, and household tips.

An example of a video from the site:



Publishers

Languages

English and three Indian languages including Hindi

Source

dna website of Diligent Media Corporation, August 29 2014, and email from the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) to The Communication Initiative on August 29 2014.